Helpful Links for Students
School of Architecture & Built Environment |
www.newcastle.edu.au/school/architecture-built-environ/index.html |
a5 Homepage |
www.a5.org.au |
NCC Newcastle City Council |
www.ncc.nsw.gov.au |
NSW Government, Dept. for Planning |
www.planning.nsw.gov.au |
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City Snapshot from the NCC Community Plan |
www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/services/community/social/pdfs/inner_city.pdf |
Policies and Strategic Plans |
www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/council/plans/research/floorspace.cfm |
Civic and Cultural Precinct master plan |
www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/majorprojects/ccp/index.cfm |
NCC Environmental Initiatives |
www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/services/environment/index.cfm |
NCC DCP Development Control Plan 2005 |
www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/council/plans/development/ndcp2005.cfm |
Newcastle Urban Strategy |
www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/council/plans/future/urban.cfm |
Research
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Space Laboratory for Architectural Research and Design |
www.slab.com.au |
Centre for Interdisciplinary Built Environment Research |
www.ciber.org.au |
Ning's site |
www.design-ning.net |
The Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment, Uni Newcastle |
www.newcastle.edu.au/centre/tfi/ |
Australian Architecture Association |
www.architecture.org.au |
RAIA Royal Australian Institute of Architects |
www.architecture.com.au |
SONA Student Organised Network for Architecture |
www.sona.com.au |
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News, Reviews, Community, Blogs, Jobs |
www.archinect.com |
News & Reviews |
www.arcspace.com |
BBC World News |
www.bbcworld.com |
Community |
www.pushpullbar.com |
Online Magazine |
www.architectureweek.com |
News |
www.worldarchitecturenews.com |
The Worldwatch Institute - Sustainability |
www.worldwatch.org |
Worldwide Metropolitan Governance Issues |
www.citymayors.com |
Architects for Peace |
www.architectsforpeace.org |
Digital Architecture
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Kas Oosterhuis ONL |
www.osterhuis.nl |
Lars Spuybraek NOX |
www.noxarch.nl |
Mark Goulthorpe dECOi |
www.decoi.org |
Hani Rashid ASYMPTOTE |
www.asymptote.com |
Greg Lynn FORM |
www.glform.com |
Neil Denari |
www.nmda-inc.com |
Mark Burry SIAL @ RMIT |
www.sial.rmit.edu.au |
Cecil Balmond, NLSO |
www.arup.com |
Zaha Hadid |
www.zaha-hadid.com |
Peter Wilson & Julia Bolles |
www.bolles-wilson.com |
MVRDV |
www.mvrdv.nl |
UN Studio Ben van Berkel |
www.unstudio.com |
Kazuyo Sejima SANAA |
www.sanaa.co.jp |
Foreign Office Architects FOA |
www.f-o-a.net |
Jakob + Macfarlane |
www.jakobmacfarlane.com |
Bollinger + Grohmann |
www.bollinger-grohmann.de |
Other Resources
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Bureau of Meteorology; source for climate data |
www.bom.gov.au |
Building Code of Australia Online Student link |
www.newcastle.edu.au/service/library/database/bca.html |
BASIX Assessment Tool |
www.sustainability.nsw.gov.au/information/index.jsp |
Timber Building in Australia |
www.oak.arch.utas.edu.au |
Tasmanian Timber |
www.tastimber.tas.gov.au/ |
Great Buildings Online |
www.greatbuildings.com/gbc/buildings.html |
Sustainable Building Products |
www.ecospecifier.org |
National Timber Industry website |
www.timber.org.au |
ArchiCAD resources & Community |
www.graphisoft.com |
Free Image Libraries |
www.freefoto.com |
BBC Image Library |
www.bbcresearchcentral.com |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA) |
www.nrel.gov |
Free textures for ArchiCAD |
www.mayang.com/textures |
Free textures for ArchiCAD |
www.stormvision.net/index.cfm/act/free_textures |
Free objects for ArchiCAD |
www.archicado.free.fr |
Second hand books |
www.abebooks.com |
Commentary
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Writings on Architecture |
www.hughpearman.com |
Commentary on a range of social issues |
www.monbiot.com |
Commentary on Urban Poverty Issues |
www.squattercity.blogspot.com |
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Architecture Australia and sister Publications |
www.archmedia.com.au |
Architectural Record Online |
www.archrecord.com/default.asp |
Japan Architect Magazine |
www.japan-architect.co.jp |
Domus Italian Architecture & Design Magazine |
www.domusweb.it |
Australian Architectural Publication |
www.umemagazine.com |
El Croquis, Spanish Architectural Magazine |
www.elcroquis.es |
The Architectural Review |
www.arplus.com |
Architecture + Urbanism |
www.japan-architect.co.jp/english/2maga/au/au_frame.html |
Rudi Resource for Urban Design |
www.rudi.net |
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By Design, Radio National weekly podcast |
www.abc.net.au/rn/bydesign/default.htm |
BBC Radio 3 Architecture Show |
www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/architecture/index.shtml |
The Science Show, Radio National weekly podcast |
www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/default.htm |
The Architects weekly RRR radio program, streamed on the net |
www.rrr.org.au/onair.php?pid=78 |
Interviews with Great Architects |
www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/professions/architects.shtml |
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The Sydney Morning Herald |
www.smh.com.au |
The BBC Online |
www.bbc.co.uk |
Guardian Unlimited |
www.guardian.co.uk |
New York Times |
www.nytimes.com |
Listing of Online Newspapers from around the world |
www.world-newspapers.com |
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| www.undp.org | |
| www.unhsp.org/programmes/ump | |
| www.unchs.org/programmes/guo/default.asp | |
| www.worldbank.org/wbi/urban | |
| www.unchs.org | |
| www.unhabitat.org | |
| www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/ | |
| www.sustainabledevelopment.org/blp | |
| www.citynet-ap.org/ | |
| This list was compiled with the help of student Ben Egan, Nov. 2006. | |